enRAGE for RDR2: How to Install the Nemesis Mod and What It Changes

enRAGE — Living World and Nemesis System is a mod by nicklovin99 for Red Dead Redemption 2’s Story Mode on PC. It went up on Nexus Mods on October 17, 2026, and the current version is 0.9.6, from October 30. The NPCs you meet get a name, a personality, a trade, a family and a memory of how you treated them, and the ones you wronged can come back for you. Gangs have leaders, camps, treasuries and supply lines, and they go to war with or without you. It’s in Early Access: the author asks for bug reports because many of the systems haven’t been fully tested. Nexus Mods

About this guide: the steps come from the mod’s official Nexus Mods page. Daykyri hasn’t installed or tested it in our own playthrough yet.

Quick answer

Question	Answer
What is it?	A mod with NPC memory, nemeses and gang wars
Author	nicklovin99
Version	0.9.6, from October 30, 2026
Status	Early Access
Platform	RDR2 on PC, Story Mode only
Requirements	ScriptHookRDR2 (standard, or V2 with its fix) and ScriptHookRDR2DotNet V2 2.2.0 or newer
Menu	F11; settings with Alt+F11
Does it work in Red Dead Online?	No, never use it in Online

What enRAGE does

Every NPC you deal with gets a name, a temperament (hothead, coward, loyal), traits, quirks, a trade, a faith, a family and a backstory from before they met you, and they remember what you did to them. Hurt them and they may come back later for revenge, and people you meet can reappear in the same towns. GamesRadar Gangs work as factions with leaders, camps, treasuries and supplies: you can shape their wars by killing their officers, burning supplies or robbing their money, or let them fight it out. The mod adds encounters, interrogations and a World tab with a chronicle, a newspaper and a log, and each save keeps its own world. Nexus Mods

A gang’s hierarchy: leader, lieutenants, captains and the fallen. Image: nicklovin99, enRAGE author.

The log for every shot: bullet path, damage and whether the NPC survived. Image: nicklovin99, enRAGE author.

The mod’s newspaper reports on the gang wars. Image: nicklovin99, enRAGE author.

You need Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC, the Steam, Rockstar or Epic version, and to play in Story Mode; the author stresses it should never be used in Red Dead Online. The Game Pass / Microsoft Store version won’t work, because Script Hook doesn’t run on it. You also need one of these two Script Hook setups, and both work:

• Standard: ScriptHookRDR2 by Alexander Blade and ScriptHookRDR2DotNet V2, version 2.2.0 or newer.
• V2, which some other mods need: ScriptHookRDR2 V2, ScriptHookRDR2DotNet V2 and the compatibility fix linked on the mod page. Without the fix, enRAGE loads but won’t work.

You’ll also need .NET Framework 4.8 and the Visual C++ 2015-2022 x64 redistributable, which most PCs already have. Nexus Mods

1. Back up your saves first. It’s an Early Access mod that stores its own world per save.
2. Unblock the zips: before unzipping each download, right-click it, open Properties and tick Unblock. Otherwise Windows may block the DLLs.
3. Install ScriptHookRDR2: from its bin folder, copy ScriptHookRDR2.dll and dinput8.dll into the game folder, where RDR2.exe is.
4. Install ScriptHookRDR2DotNet V2 (2.2.0 or newer): copy ScriptHookRDRDotNet.asi, ScriptHookRDRDotNet.ini and ScriptHookRDRNetAPI.dll into the same folder. On the V2 setup, use ScriptHookRDR2 V2’s files in the previous step and copy the compatibility fix’s files in afterward.
5. Copy enRAGE’s scripts folder into the game folder. You should end up with scripts\NemesisMod.dll and scripts\Newtonsoft.Json.dll, not a scripts folder inside another one.
6. Load a Story Mode save. A welcome guide opens the first time. F11 opens the menu (on a controller, double-tap D-pad Right) and Alt+F11 the settings; since 0.9.5 you can set your own key combination.

If you use Vortex, the button on the mod page installs enRAGE for you, but you still have to set up Script Hook yourself. Nexus Mods

How to update enRAGE

Close the game and copy the new scripts folder over the old one, or update in Vortex. Your world and settings are kept. Before updating, back up Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\enRAGE: it’s Early Access, and that way your world is safe. Version 0.9.5.2 fixed a stutter every few seconds, so if you notice one, update. Nexus Mods

What’s new in version 0.9.6

Version 0.9.6 landed on October 30 and is the biggest update since the mod came out:

• Life stories. What you do to a man leaves loose ends, and something comes of them: a hothead gets even in days, a cold man waits months, a coward runs. Spare him, rob him or kill his brother, and some of it comes back to you. R (pad Y) on his page shows his story.
• Townsfolk have lives. About once a week something happens to the people you’ve met: a fever, a lost job, a fire at the shop, a wedding, a baby, a night in jail. And the town talks about it.
• Talk to anyone. Hold Talk, on foot or in the saddle. Trust and patience decide how much they tell you about the town, the news and the men you’re after, and now and then where an outfit camps. They ask you things too, and a lie can catch up with you.
• Families and deaths with a reason. Murder a townsperson and his family hears, and may come for you. Every death says how it happened and who did it.
• A paper for every town, two pages, with jabs at its rival.
• Busier outfits: 24 kinds of bad blood (up from 8) and 67 jobs (up from 39). An outfit with no men and no leader is gone for good.
• Six built-in languages: German, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian and Simplified Chinese. The author says they’re machine translations and welcomes corrections.
• Gameplay changes: camps only show on your map once you’ve found them or been told, named men take 1.5 to 2.5 times a normal man’s damage, and the Army and the Wapiti only come once your notoriety is high enough.
• Fixes: no ambushes in story missions, retrying a mission no longer rolls the world back, fewer stutters, and settings save even if the game folder is read-only.

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What changed in version 0.9.5

Version 0.9.5 adds Epilogue support: the first time you play as John, the world jumps to 1907, grudges against Arthur are cleared and your 1899 world is kept in the save. You start with eight outfits: the O’Driscoll Boys, the Lemoyne Raiders, the U.S. Army, the Wapiti, the Bronte Family, the Murfree Brood, the Skinner Brothers and the Klan. Later in the story the line-up changes, and the Laramie Gang (rustlers), the Del Lobo Gang (New Austin bandits) and the Night Folk (the bayou group that doesn’t talk) ride too. Nexus Mods

If it won’t load or the menu doesn’t appear

These are the cases the mod page lists:

• It loads but does nothing and you use ScriptHookRDR2 V2: install the compatibility fix. That fixed it for most people.
• Still nothing: right-click NemesisMod.dll and Newtonsoft.Json.dll in scripts, open Properties and tick Unblock.
• F11 does nothing: on a laptop, try Fn+F11. If another mod uses F11, like HeadBleed V2, change the key on the mod’s Settings card or in scripts\NemesisMod.ini.
• “Unsupported game version” at launch: your ScriptHookRDR2 is older than the game. Download its latest version.
• Windows 11 Smart App Control blocks unsigned mod files, enRAGE’s included. While it’s on, the mod can’t load.
• Blank text in the menu: happens with LML subtitle and translation mods. With them off, the text comes back.
• The menu stopped opening after adding ReShade or a DLSS mod that uses it: try without it.
• Settings don’t save: Windows isn’t letting the game write to its folder. Allow RDR2.exe in your antivirus or run it as administrator.

F8 opens the Script Hook .NET console so you can see errors. If you find a bug, the author asks you to report it on the mod page with the log files from the world folder. Nexus Mods If the game won’t even open, the general steps are in RDR2 won’t launch on PC.

How to remove enRAGE

Delete NemesisMod.dll, NemesisMod.ini and BulletImpact.ini from the scripts folder, plus Newtonsoft.Json.dll if no other mod needs it. Your world is stored separately in Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\enRAGE; delete that folder to remove it too, and if you keep it, reinstalling or verifying the game won’t touch it. If you’re going into Red Dead Online, remove the ScriptHookRDR2 and DotNet files from the game folder first: the mod is Story Mode only. Nexus Mods

Frequently asked questions

Does enRAGE work on console?

No. It’s a mod for the PC version.

Can I use it in Red Dead Online?

No. The author says it should never be used in Online.

What do I need to install it?

RDR2 on PC (Steam, Rockstar or Epic), the standard ScriptHookRDR2, or V2 with its compatibility fix, and ScriptHookRDR2DotNet V2 2.2.0 or newer.

Does it work with the Game Pass version?

No. Script Hook doesn’t work on the Game Pass or Microsoft Store version.

Does it work on Steam Deck?

Not officially, since the author doesn’t have one to test on, though some players have it running with a community guide.

Which key opens the menu?

F11, and Alt+F11 for settings.

Does it work in the Epilogue as John?

Yes, since version 0.9.5.

Can I play it in co-op?

With the RDR2 Co-op mod, which lets you play the story with friends on PC, yes. Its October 30 builds (0.7.66-rc.2 and 0.9.0-beta.8.4.3) work with enRAGE 0.9.6 through a built-in patch, version 0.5.0. It’s unofficial: enRAGE’s author didn’t make it and doesn’t support it. The same builds fix a bug that reset your nemeses, grudges and history every time you launched the game. Back up your enRAGE folder before you try it. This is Story Mode only, never Red Dead Online. GitHub

Is it stable?

It’s in Early Access, so expect bugs.

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Sources

Nexus Mods — enRAGE, Living World and Nemesis System (nicklovin99)

GitHub — RDR2 Co-op, October 30, 2026 builds with the unofficial patch for enRAGE 0.9.6

GamesRadar — the mod that brings a Nemesis system to RDR2 (October 20, 2026)

Last verified: October 31, 2026.